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Shelbyville Police continues to investigate a shooting that occurred Monday on Hunting Hills Drive off Smithfield Road in which two people died.

The shooting happened shortly after 2 p.m. when Shelbyville Police say a woman died of gunshot wounds. A juvenile girl later died of gunshot wounds after being transported to University Hospital. The woman, Julia Cash-Owens, 65, was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Neighbors of the family expressed horror and disbelief at the tragedy.

A woman and her small pet dog were attacked by two pit bulls during a Saturday afternoon walk.

The attack left the woman injured and her pet later had to be put down as a result of injuries.

Shelbyville Police said that at 2:23 p.m. they received a call of a dog attack at 829 Main Street in front of Citizens Union Bank. When officers arrived, they found that the woman and her small dog had both been attacked.

Milk producers have been struggling for years to make ends meet, citing low prices as the culprit, and the announcement of a major dairy distributor’s plans to end some farmers’ contracts just highlights the continued issues.

“Unfortunately, Dean Foods has made the difficult decision to end milk procurement contracts with a number of farmers in about 90 days,” said Reace Smith, corporate spokesperson for Dean Foods Company, in a news release. “We regret this decision had to be made.”

Shelby County Public Schools has worked for quite some time to untangle the Discovery Boulevard mess left by a defunct developer and it seems the battle isn’t quite over.

Superintendent James Neihof Thursday approached the Shelbyville City Council and explained when they purchased the property for the construction of Collins High School, they were under contractual agreement with WAZE, which had planned to develop property around the school, to build the road.

Dogwood Art Gallery & Gifts is celebrating its one-year anniversary next weekend and members of the committee say things have been going great.

Sherrie Head, gallery committee member and treasurer of the Shelby Regional Arts Council, which the gallery supports, said over the past year they’ve learned a lot about what works and what doesn’t work for them as they get a good grasp on what the community wants.